Innovation
Concentrates on startup support and talent development, promotes achievements and supports the relentless pursuit of transformational ideas in South Carolina.

Statewide programs and initiatives to help new and existing South Carolina businesses thrive.
Concentrates on startup support and talent development, promotes achievements and supports the relentless pursuit of transformational ideas in South Carolina.
Helps new and startup companies develop by providing services such as management training or space for the business to operate.
Supports agribusiness entrepreneurs who are ready to launch their product or process into the marketplace but need investors and/or mentors.
Promotes and nurtures the growth and development of South Carolina's agriculture industry and its related businesses while assuring the safety and security of the buying public.
An evergreen venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in scalable startups.
Charleston Angel Partners make investing simple and profitable and assist portfolio companies in reaching their goals.
An organization designed to further economic development, job creation, retention, and financially assisting in the growth and development of business concerns in six counties of Upstate South Carolina.
Provides outreach assistance to pre-ventures, early ventures and established firms through service-learning projects that match Clemson students with entrepreneurs and inventors through volunteer mentors.
Have questions about starting, growing, expanding, or recovering your small business? Join this weekly call with the SBA South Carolina District Office team to hear answers to commonly asked questions about COVID EIDL, PPP forgiveness, federal contracting, loans for start-ups, and other small business resources! Webinars are held every Wednesday morning, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., through September 28, 2022.
A community-sourced initiative to attract, nurture and promote Beaufort's technology entrepreneurs, and ultimately, the region's tech economy through an array of impactful programs, products and events while leveraging Beaufort's renowned livability.
The Benedict College Business Development Center was created with a mission to expand the college’s role in addressing the economic and business development needs of small and minority businesses.
Serves as the first gender focused statewide entrepreneurial initiative for socially and economically disadvantaged small and minority-owned businesses throughout the state of South Carolina.
The Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program is a loan guarantee program designed to assist credit-worthy rural businesses obtain needed credit for most any legal business purpose. The intent is to save and create jobs in rural America.